Numbers from 0 to 1

Calculus Level 1

What is the sum of all real numbers from 0 to 1 (including 0 and 1)

500.5 50.5 \infty 0 5.5 1

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Let's do an experiment. Instead of taking all the real numbers just take 0.9 , 0.99 , 0.999 0.9, 0.99, 0.999 and so on, which are less than one. S = 0.9 + 0.99 + 0.999 + = ( 1 0.1 ) + ( 1 0.01 ) + ( 1 0.001 ) + \begin{aligned} S&=0.9+0.99+0.999+\cdots\\&=(1-0.1)+(1-0.01)+(1-0.001)+\cdots\end{aligned} Clearly, we can see that the above sum is tending to \infty . So, the sum of all real numbers from 0 0 to 1 1 is \boxed{\infty} .

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